Principal Investigator

Sıtkı Uslu

Asociate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
TOBB University of Economics & Technology

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College of Science and Tech., United Kingdom, 1993
M.Sc.Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1986
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Uludağ University, Turkey, 1982

Email: suslu@etu.edu.tr

Work Experience

  • MTU Aero Engines (Germany) R&D Engineer
  • Daimler-Benz (Germany) R&D Engineer
  • Computational Dynamics Ltd. (United Kingdom) Engineer
  • Imperial College of Science and Tech. Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Gazi University Research & Teaching Assistant

Current Ph.D. Students

Name

Information

Research Interest

Burak Cenik

Research & Teaching Assistant

M.Sc.Mechanical Engineering, TOBB University of Economics & Technology, Turkey, 2019
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, TOBB University of Economics & Technology, Turkey, 2016

Email: bcenik@etu.edu.tr

  • Sprays and Atomization
  • Combustion
  • Liquid Rocket Engines

Current M.Sc. Students

Name

Information

Research Interest

Baran İper

Research & Teaching Assistant

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, TOBB University of Economics & Technology, Turkey, 2018

Email: b.iper@etu.edu.tr

  • Internal Combustion Engine
  • Gas Turbine Combustion
  • Propulsion Components

Çağdaş Cem Ergin

Research & Teaching Assistant

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, TOBB University of Economics & Technology, Turkey, 2018

Email: cagdasergin@etu.edu.tr

  • Relight at High Altitude
  • Combustion instabilities
  • LES simulations of turbulent combustion

Alumni

Name

Thesis

Current Job

Buğra Şimşek

Ph.D. 2020

Thesis: Investigation of Aerodynamic Heating and Ablation in Thermal Protection Systems

Tacettin Utku Süer

M.Sc. 2019

Thesis: Regeneratıve Cooling of a Liquid Rocket Engine Using Computational Flud Dynamics and Conjugate Heat Transfer

Bertan Özkan

M.Sc. 2018

Thesis: Development of a Three Dimentional, Unstructured, GPU Accelerated, Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics Solver for Compressible Reacting Flows

Tekin Aksu

M.Sc. 2018

Thesis: The Effects of Turbulence and Combustion Models on Supersonic Combustion Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Ozan Can Kocaman

M.Sc. 2018

Thesis: Investigation of the Non-Uniform Fuel Distribution Effect on a Full Annular RQL Combustion Chamber Outlet Temperature Profile Using Large Eddy Simulation

Sema Hanife Sarı

M.Sc. 2017

Thesis: Combustion Characteristics of a Tubular Combustor using Reacting Computational Fluid Dynamics for Methane Diffusion Flame

Yücel Sayğın

M.Sc. 2017

Thesis: Estimation of the Effect of Radiation Heat Transfer in a Gas Turbine Combustor Wall Temperature with Computational Fluid Dynamics – Conjugate Heat Transfer Methodology

Mahmut Doğrudil

M.Sc. 2016

Thesis: Computations of an Aero Engine Gas Turbine Combustor Liner Temperature Using Computational Fluid Dynamics and Conjugate Heat Transfer Methodology

Serhan Dönmez

M.Sc. 2016

Thesis: Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Ignition Characteristics of a Reversed Flow Combustion Chamber with Large Eddy Simulation Approach

Hasan Başar Bolat

M.Sc. 2015

Thesis: Investigation of Co And Counter Configurations of a Double Swirler Airblast Atomizer in an Annular Combustor with Computational Fluid Dynamics

Ender Çelik

M.Sc. 2012

Thesis: Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Spray and Combustion Characteristics of a Combustion Chamber with Prefilming Air-Blast Atomizer